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I have it on good authority Sting is the name of Bilbo's [THIS IS MY WORD]

(Currently reading.)

nimbly she flies from petal to vine

Bonne nuit

Chaplin

hinder

Happy birthday! x

Raggedy Andy

Penguin

Yes, saw the smile. THE SMILE OF ME WINNING THE ARGUMENT.

wheat (penny)

I will definitely tell you what I think of Shane. I'll actually probably like it. Ma described it to me and says it's good. I find the trailer I watched nauseating and awful. She says the trailer is not a good reflection of the movie. She's going to watch it with me one of these days when I have the time.

I was mostly messing with you, Vern. My point wasn't that you should cite other people who say it's the best. Unless they can tell me why they hold that opinion (by assessing the work itself), I don't care what they say. 

I didn't ask for "substantial proof outside" you and me? At least I don't think I did? The only time I mentioned proof was when I suggested that you offered no proof that Shane couldn't have been imagined without Tombstone. My proof was the fact that Tombstone actually happened LONG before Shane was a glint in somebody's eye, so I wanted to know more on that point: why do you say Tombstone wouldn't have existed without Shane, as in, what was your proof? From the actual film. In your own words. As in, why do you make that claim? I certainly didn't mean by that that you should quote someone beyond yourself. That's not proof. I could easily find a source to back up my own opinion and it would be meaningless without actual analysis of the film. I want to know what you think, and why, based upon your own expertise and an analysis of Shane alongside Tombstone. As in, why is one superior? Why do you say that Shane made Tombstone possible? A proper answer might have convinced me.

But I didn't expect you to actually do it. No one has time for that! I certainly don't, and intend not to bother with it myself. Ha! Tombstone isn't even really my favorite. I just pulled that one out to annoy you by disagreeing. I think it's good, but Buffalo Girls with Melanie Griffith and Angelica Houston is my actual favorite. I wouldn't say it's the best. I haven't watched everything western and can't make such an all-encompassing argument.

I think you can debate art and develop something more substantial than flat opinion. Yes, ultimately, it's opinion, but you can back yourself up with a sound argument and take your position beyond opinion to whatever it is that art inspires -- intelligent discussion, sound analysis. Sound analysis is not quoting other people or relying upon your age as proof that you are right. That's a flippy argument, sir, and I will never buy that. Nor would anyone sensible. Which is why I began poking at you. I was thinking, "Re-he-he-he-heally, then"? when you started defending your position by minimizing mine. Not a good plan if you want to win. I probably would have been convinced by a sound defense of the film itself. I've never seen it, so you could have only told me the good parts and I'd have bowed to your greatness. Too late now!

(I am still teasing you. Grin on my face, and such. Not easy to see online, so I thought I should say so! My uncle and I do this all the time at the dining room table. He often hauls out the "I am older and know more" empty argument as proof of things, to his detriment.)

Buffalo

I don't consider this a valid argument. I could be ten years old and still have seen as many westerns as you have. They're right out there for the watching. It's not like they disappeared into the ether as soon as they were filmed. Second, you offer no proof that Tombstone wouldn't have been imagined without Shane beyond the fact that you have seen both and can therefore speak as an expert. Meanwhile, if you open up your history book and look up Tombstone you'll find an entry on the topic predating Shane by a good seventy years. You may put that in your pipe, sir, and smoke it.

(Pardon the sloppy run-on writing. I'm supposed to be writing a paper and snuck* in to share.)

* snuck! Ha!